FIFA: The candidates for Best Player of the Year

FIFA has already selected the 24 candidates for Best Player of the Year and among them are two Argentines: Lionel Messi and Paulo Dybala. The award will be presented on October 23rd in London.

FIFA has already announced the 24 candidates to win the #TheBest award for Best Player of the Year 2017, where Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Juventus's Paulo Dybala are the two Argentines competing for the award to be handed out next 23 October in London, England.

In addition, among the 24 candidates are also the South Americans Marcelo of Real Madrid, Neymar of PSG (evaluated his season with Barcelona), Alexis Sánchez of Arsenal, Luis Suarez of Barcelona and Arturo Vidal of Bayern Munich.

The award recognizes the achievements in the period between November 20, 2016 and July 2, 2017. The full list of the 24 nominees are: Bonucci, Buffon, Carvajal, Ronaldo, Dybala, Griezmann, Hazard, Ibrahimovic, Iniesta, Kane, Kante, Kroos, Lewandowski, Marcelo, Messi, Modrić, Navas, Neuer, Neymar, Ramos, Sánchez, Suárez, Vidal.

Of these 24 candidates, only 12 will go to the next round. From August 21 to September 7, www.fifa.com will open the voting so that anyone who wants to participate can do so and select the 12 finalists (they can also vote for the female branch, and for the best DT ' s men's and women's football).

Simeone and Pochettino nominated for best FIFA DT of the year.

FIFA also unveiled the top 12 men's football coaches, including Diego Pablo Simeone for Atletico Madrid and Mauricio Pochettino for Tottenham, who will fight through the vote of the people for the award.

The complete list of 12 selected technicians are: Massimiliano Allegri, Carlo Ancelotti, Antonio Conte, Luis Enrique, Pep Guardiola, Leonardo Jardim, Joachim Loew, Jose Mourinho, Mauricio Pochettino, Diego Simeone, Tite and Zinedine Zidane.